12 awards were distributed at the Providers’ Council’s 50th Annual Convention and Expo: 50 Years Together: Celebrating Today, Shaping Tomorrow today, including 10 Awards of Excellence and 2 Peer Provider awards, celebrating the human services organizations and individuals for their tremendous contributions to the sector over the past year.
This year, the Council combined the Awards of Excellence and Peer Provider award ceremonies to create one segment dedicated to celebrating those individuals and organizations’ contributions to the human services sector in Massachusetts.
The awardees of the 2025 Peer Provider awards were:
- CENTRO
- House of Possibilities
The awardees of the 2025 Awards of Excellence were:
- Halimo Mohamed – Gerry Wright Direct Service Employee Award
- Courtney Tranos – Gerry Wright Direct Service Employee Award
- Louis Waweru– Gerry Wright Direct Service Employee Award
- Senator Lydia Edwards – Legislator of the Year Award
- Representative Sean Garballey – Legislator of the Year Award
- Susan Gentili – CEO of the Year Award
- Jillian Rivera – Supervisor Award
- Gina Shulimson – Supervisor Award
- Kelly Olson – Volunteer of the Year
- Bill Stock – Ruth M. Batson Advocate of the Year Award